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Aslan Bzhaniya. Photo: Kremlin.ru
11:59, 22 July 2022
Aslan Bzhaniya interrupts his meeting with Machara villagers because of riots
The meeting of Aslan Bzhaniya with the residents of the village of Machara in the Gulripsh District of Abkhazia ended ahead of schedule due to a conflict that broke out between the audience and the Abkhaz president. The conflict was triggered by an activist's question about the agreement signed  earlier this year on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia.
Russian servicemen. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Russia, https://contract.mil.ru
08:37, 22 July 2022
"Important Stories"* describe hidden mobilization in Southern Russia
Authorities are making use of the state portal "Jobs in Russia" for search and recruit more than 22,000 militaries; more than 3600 such vacancies are in the regions of Southern and Northern Caucasus. The Rostov Region is the leader in the number of such vacancies, the "Important Stories"* outlet has informed.
Devletkhan Mirzakhanov, chief physician. Photo: http://www.derbent.org/upload/iblock/7ae/7ae56a44eb24c9d79d27c30e6576cd58.jpeg
08:26, 22 July 2022
Chief physician of Derbent hospital explains problems with medicines for cancer patients
The city of Derbent has seen a rapid increase of cancer patients, and, because of shortage of medicines, the Central City Hospital (CCH) has to send a number of patients for treatment to Makhachkala, Devletkhan Mirzakhanov, the hospital's chief physician, has stated.
Families of internally displaced persons return to Karabakh. Photo: https://report.az/
23:26, 21 July 2022
Ten families of forced migrants return from Azerbaijan to Karabakh
Today, 48 forced migrants have settled in new houses in the village of Agaly in the Zangilan District. The authorities first of all allocated housing to those who lived in the most difficult conditions in temporary accommodation centres, the State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons explained.
Ibragim Yangulbaev. Screenshot: Instagram/@ibrohim_kelo* MESSAGE (MATERIAL) HAS BEEN CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIUM PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT, AND (OR) BY A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT
23:02, 21 July 2022
Challenge of Yangulbaev to a duel goes beyond Chechen traditions
A challenge to a duel offered to Ibragim Yangulbaev by a Chechen police officer contradicts Chechen traditions and looks like a bravado of a public officer, Caucasus experts Alexei Malashenko and Ruslan Kutaev point out.
International Court of Justice. Photo: https://zerkalo.az/sud-oon-rassmotrit-iski-azerbajdzhana-protiv-armenii-i-armenii-protiv-azerbajdzhana/
17:59, 21 July 2022
Armenian human rights defenders call on UN to pay attention to Azerbaijan’s actions
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination should urge the authorities of Azerbaijan to bring to justice those responsible for inciting xenophobia and racism, as well as those responsible for war crimes, and ensure the protection of the Armenian cultural and historical heritage in the territories controlled by Azerbaijan, the report prepared by five human rights organizations states.
Aziz Mamiev. Photo: https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2022/1/free/Social/ru/714.htm/001
17:42, 21 July 2022
“Musavat” Party activist Aziz Mamiev arrested for 30 days
On July 20, Aziz Mamiev, a member of the board of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, was detained at a protest action in Baku. The activist has been sentenced to a 30-day administrative arrest on the charge of failure to obey the police.
Mikhail Saakashvili (right) in a courtroom. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtb5QF28d6Q
14:28, 21 July 2022
Lawyers treat influence of US forensic experts on Saakashvili's case as minimal
The defence of former Georgian President, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, is promoting a strategy aimed at taking him abroad for his medical treatment, but Georgian authorities would not allow them to do so, the Georgian lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Oleg Otkhonov. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot
14:04, 21 July 2022
Court in Kalmykia upholds fine to Oleg Otkhonov for reposting pacifist video
The Supreme Court of Kalmykia has upheld the fine imposed on Oleg Otkhonov, a resident of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, for reposting a video appeal of Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Sovremennaya Kalmykia" newspaper. Otkhonov intends to appeal against this decision.
Oksana Sotieva. Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva: https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/31226007.html
11:40, 21 July 2022
Djabiev's widow intends to seek compensation for his death
The family of Inal Djabiev, who died after interrogation, will seek compensation after the court has acquitted him within the case of an attempt on the life of the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Oksana Sotieva, Inal's widow, has stated.
The village of Agaly. Photo: apa.az
11:21, 21 July 2022
Azeri economists point out problems with migrants' return to Karabakh
The first families that moved to the village of Agaly showed their new houses and apartments. It is not enough to provide people with housing; it's necessary to ensure the operating infrastructure and create jobs, economists have noted.
08:45, 21 July 2022
Narek Mantashyan, Armenian oppositionist, released on bail
The court has mitigated the freedom restraint measure of Narek Mantashyan, a member of the "Armenia" bloc, accused of organizing riots in Yerevan after the tripartite agreement was signed on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, and released him on bail.
Residents of the villages whose land plots fell into the flooding zone of the Irganai hydroelectric power station. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkgJOTkY-s
08:31, 21 July 2022
Irganai villagers demand fair compensations for their lands
The residents of the villages whose garden plots fell into the flooding zone of the Irganai hydroelectric power station (HPP) have lost their chances to earn money; and many of them have to search employment for from home, villagers assert. Some Irganai villagers have received 9200 roubles per hundred square meters of their land plots, but this is a very low compensation.
An air defence system. Photo: mil.ru
00:37, 21 July 2022
Military experts do not rule out an air defence base in Chechnya at Kadyrov’s proposal
The implementation of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s idea of deploying an air defence system in Chechnya would provide the republic with additional funding and make it more secure, the idea will be seriously considered by the federal authorities, military experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” believe.
Policemen and protesters in Baku, July 20, 2022. Photo by Faik Medjid for the Caucasian Knot
00:24, 21 July 2022
Opposition condemns dispersal of a peaceful protest in Baku
The dispersal of a peaceful protest action violates the constitutional rights of citizens, human rights defenders point out.
Banner at a protest action in Yerevan, July 15, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-skM-S1bYI
23:57, 20 July 2022
Armen Grigoryan’s death highlights problem of medical care in prisons in Armenia
Participants of a discussion at the Yerevan Media Centre Public Journalism Club say that prison conditions and problems with medical care cause the deterioration in the prisoners’ health state. The topic of discussion was the death of film producer Armen Grigoryan.
Salekh Magamadov. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295
18:46, 20 July 2022
Advocate expresses his concern over lack of information about Salekh Magamadov
For a month, there has been no information about the whereabouts of the Salekh Magamadov, a convicted native of Chechnya, his advocate Alexei Nemov reports.
Participants of a protest action in Baku. Photo by Faik Medjid for the Caucasian Knot
18:29, 20 July 2022
Police stop protest rally in Baku
More than 20 people were detained at a protest rally, the participants of which demanded the opening of land borders, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reported from the scene. Meantime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan assured there were no detainees, and people “were simply removed from the territory.”
Flags of Georgia and NATO. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Cauacasian Knot
18:17, 20 July 2022
Democratic values as a criterion for Georgia’s accession to NATO
The issue of Georgia’s integration into NATO directly depends on the implementation by the authorities of the country of the conditions developed by the European Union (EU). The North Atlantic Alliance includes democratic countries, and not only compliance in the field of security and defence is important for a country to become a NATO member, Georgian experts believe.
“Sever-Akhmat” military battalion. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/politic/140733/
13:24, 20 July 2022
Report on creation of military units highlights Kadyrov's loyalty to Putin
By his statement about the formation of three Chechen battalions and a special forces regiment amid one or two units in other regions, Ramzan Kadyrov demonstrates his loyalty to Putin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.
News
The Central Election Commission of Armenia denied registration to the leaders of two electoral lists.

Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

A picketer holds signs. Screenshot from RusNews photo from May 2, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/84132. Activists in Yerevan demanded the release of Russian political prisoners.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.